Railway-car.



E. A. BARBER.

RAILWAY GAR.

AHLIGATION FILED NOV. so, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5,1909.

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UNITED snares PATENT ornron EDWARD A. BARBER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY- CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. BARBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway cars having a motormans compartment.

It is customary to provide the motormans compartment with a door, bywhich it may be effectually closed against admission of passengers.Inasmuch as this door is neces sarily in close proximity to the doorclosing the passageway into and out of the car, much complication ariseswhen such doors are constructed and located as heretofore proposed; thiscomplication involving interference which not only causes undue wear andtear upon the doors, but even blocks the motormans passageway against ahasty exit, which sometimes becomes necessary in emergencies. Especiallyis this so, when swinging doors are used instead of sliding doors.

My present invention entirely does away with the above-mentionedcomplication and inconvenience, and at the same time simplilies andcheapens the construction by providing swinging or hinged doors for boththe motormans compartment and the passageway leading into the car, andmounting these two doors upon a common axis, so that when either door isclosed and the other door is opened against it, no difficulty is ex-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 30, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909. Seria1 No. 465,187.

doors for closing the motormans compartment and the passageway of thecar; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a suggested form of hinge that maybe conveniently used for mounting the doors upon a common pivot.

A represents the body of a car, B the platform which may be inclosed ina known type of vestibule, C a motormans compartment, and D the steps.

1 represents the door that closes the doorway of the car, and 2 is thedoor that closes the motormans compartment. These doors open and closeby a swinging movement, such type of door being preferred by me becauseof the ease with which it may be manipulated and the complaint that isfrenentl I raised a ainst heav Y slidin doors.

These swinging doors 1 and 2 are mounted to swing about a common axis 3,in such manner that either door may be opened independently of theother, or when either door is closed and the other stands open, theclosed door may be readily opened by moving the doors as a singlestructure. These doors are preferably provided with releasablyinterlocking means, such as an ordinary door stop as suggested at 4 1:.As will be seen from the enlarged view, Fig. 3, this common axis ofmovement may be conveniently provided. by employing ahinge, such as 3*.

I do not limit myself to any particular details of construction, asthese will naturally be determined upon by the circumstances of theparticular cases.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a railway car having adoorway, and having a motormans compartment also provided with adoorway, swinging doors adapted to close the respective doorways; saiddoors being mounted to swing upon substantially the same axis, wherebythey are adapted to be moved together.

2. A railway car constructed with a doorway, and with a motormanscompartment that is also provided with a doorway, said doorways beinglocated in close proximity to each other and being provided withindedoors, and said doors being provided with 10 pendently movable, butco-axlally mounted means for interlocking them near thelr free doors.sides.

3. A railway car constructed with a door- The foregoing specificationsigned at way, and with a motormans compartment York Penna. this 24 dayof November, 1908. that is also provided with a doorway, said EDWVARD A.BARBER. doorways being located in close proximity In presence. of

to each other and being provided with inde- XV. P. Mos'rnLLnn, pendentlymovable, but co-axially mounted C. B. LIPPITART.

